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Mob Boss
- The Life of Little Al D'arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Alfonso 'Little Al' D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991.
His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life and the New York mob scene that he embraced for four decades.
Until the day he switched sides, D'Arco lived and breathed the old-school gangster lessons he learned growing up in Brooklyn and fine-tuned on the mean streets of Little Italy. But when he learned he was marked to be whacked, D'Arco quit the mob. His defection decimated his crime family and opened a window on mob secrets going back a hundred years.
After speaking with D'Arco, the authors reveal unprecedented insights, exposing shocking secrets, and troublesome truths about a city where a famous pizza parlor doubled as a Mafia center for multi-million-dollar heroin deals, where hit men carried out murders dressed as women, and where kidnapping a celebrity newsman's son was deemed appropriate revenge for the father's satirical novel.
Capeci and Robbins spent hundreds of hours in conversation with D'Arco, and exhausted many hours more fleshing out his stories in this riveting narrative that takes listeners behind the famous witness testimony for a comprehensive look at the Mafia in New York City.
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- William
- 18-03-16
"Superb"
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
100 percent-yes, Several reasons but mainly because its superb
What other book might you compare Mob Boss to, and why?
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
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The narration of the story was exhalant and well paced. He speaks like you would expect a mobster to speak which makes the book more enjoyable.
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- Mr Glew
- 14-09-15
Mob Boss- Life of 'Little' Al D'Arco
As this was my 1st audiobook I was a bit skeptical but the narrator kept you intrigued to keep listening (even though it was way past bedtime) & he made you feel a party to the story.
If your a fan of organised crime/Mafia then you will enjoy this true account of 'Little' Al D'Arco, tracing his life from his early days growing up on New York's mean streets, where the men of respect/mafioso of the 5 Families of Cosa Nostra flourished, to his days in the U.S. Army & then his beginnings as a lowly, loyal street soldier for the Luchesse Crime family to acting boss during its bloodiest years when it's 2 leading Bosses, Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso & Vic Amuso murdered anyone on a whim to the day he walked into the offices of the FBI to become the families ultimate destroyer.
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- Kirk buck
- 14-02-22
excellent listening
An amazing account of La Cosa Nostra and the life of a Lucchese soldier to Capo and then to acting boss.
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- Julian wetter
- 08-05-21
fantastic book
if you like mafia books you will love this honest account if a real life mobster
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- stu
- 04-12-14
Excellent
Brilliant just brilliant, so intriguing could not stop listening the best mafia audiobook by a long way
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- Robert
- 05-06-16
Great story
First audio book ever listened to but it was very good couldn't stop listening to it great respect for al Darco he did what he had to do he would of never of ratted had it not been for psychos vic and Gas
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- Anibal
- 10-07-15
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Brilliantly narrated! Great story telling, amazing insight into the life of the Mafia and their lifestyle
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- Tony
- 02-04-21
Great Mob Book
I would highly recommend this book. The first half throws alot of names in that can be a bit overwhelming and probably unecessary but it is a great classic story of Mafia betrayal and the narrator projects really well.
Having listened to plenty of other Mafia books, I really enjoyed this one and despite its length, it seemed to be over very quickly and leaving me hungry for another similar book.
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- Mr. M. J. Enwright
- 05-02-23
Great Audible book
This is a great audible book.It felt like James Cagney was reading it.
Loved it
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- ross fleming
- 24-07-19
Must listen too
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Very well written and if you are intrigued by the mob life then you will enjoy this mans story.
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